Promo figures for Creepy Freaks and Indy HeroClix. Get your Dredd on. Do we have enough WizKids news for this week yet? Jeez.
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“Say hello to my little friend!”: Ogre Mark IV review
Matthew has reviewed the Ogre Mark IV mini from Steve Jackson Games. This is not quite our first review of actual lead, but still: neat. Check it out.
A few D&D collectible miniatures details
ICv2 brings the pain – WotC’s new miniatures guy, also named Chris, answers precisely four questions about the upcoming pre-painted, randomly sorted D&D minis game. The most intriguing bit here is there will be some Chainmail figures in the first set, so that investment won’t be rendered worthless for the
Yet more WizKids whisperings from the UK Toy Fair (with Dropship photos!)
Still nothing about the two new games, except that another person thinks they’re cool and they may reveal more details at the US Toy Fair (which is next month, right?). But there is something here about a game for the under-10 set called Creepy Freaks, which I hadn’t yet heard.
If you’re not reading Greg Costikyan’s weblog,
you may be used as reactor shielding.
Big miniatures news from GW, WotC; crazy WizKids rumors
Games Workshop announced they’ll be doing a Lord of the Rings pre-painted, hex-based collectible game this Christmas. “Combat-Hex” is intriguing, and suggests that maybe GW will be weaseling their way around the WizKids combat dial patent and doing something similar. Wizards has also all but announced a new plastic, pre-painted
Welcome to our world of toys, it’s called Chapter 11
FAO Schwarz succumbs to bankruptcy. Maybe not real relevant to your life as a gamer unless you’re looking to pick up some cheap LARP space in Vegas. With a big horse. It certainly does not seem to pay to be in the medium-high-end space of, well, any business right about
GAMA posts trade show schedule for 2003
Yup. They sure do. They do that all the time. Have a look.
WotC’s big hot schedule for summer
According to ICv2, Hasbro won’t be giving up on RPGs at least until after the summer. Highlights include the fact that Matt Forbeck is writing Forgotten Realms stuff, which I didn’t know although I am famously inattentive; the big book for Urban Arcana, probably the most interesting of the three
Area game company issues clever press release
Cheapass’ new press release about their 2003 “Year In Space” release schedule has drawn a mixed critical response, ranging from “a bold step forward in press releasing” to “too clever for its own good.” But, really, how clever is good for you? The critics are silent on that one. Its
Warhammer Fantasy CCG gets title, preview art
You know, if you keep crying ‘war’ like that, sooner or later there’ll be a real war and no one will notice. Which, unless you’re an oil baron, would be pretty bad. So shape up, whippersnapper, and get off my lawn!
Notice to cell phone industry: stop being dumb
It’s about time someone started making noise about this. Sven’s old Gamers.com coworker Justin is using his mobile-industry juice to maybe make a service provider or two wake up to the fact that the potential market for cell phone games that offer engaging interaction with your fellow humans, rather than
Games Workshop does the ol’ bend-over-geeks
Net retailer The War Store has the scoop on impending price increases from GW. A box of ten plastic marines will now run you three dollars a model. The quality’s high and everything, but really. GW fans always complain, but when will the rising price of core GW games affect
Of MechWarrior previews and WizKids wild-ass guesses
First, I’m told that the kids like the Mad Cat. Second, rumor has it that WizKids will be announcing two major new combat-dial-based games at GAMA, not counting Crimson Skies. Speculation has ranged from the obvious (Shadowrun, maybe) through the sensible (something with spaceships, a Star Trek license?) to the
Cheap-SAS games and a big die for a small mouth
has announced two releases for April, both kinda interesting. The first, the D20 system edition of Big Eyes Small Mouth (which GOO announced back in September) will have a good shot at being the anime book for D20. The other release, Silver Age Sentinels d20: Stingy Gamer Edition (their title,